Kunst (surname)

Kunst is a Dutch, German and Ashkenazic Jewish surname It may be patronymic in origin, meaning Coenraad's, Konrad's or Constant's son. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Three Dutch Renaissance painter brothers, sons of Cornelis Engebrechtsz
 * Pieter Cornelisz Kunst (c. 1487–c.1560)
 * Cornelis Cornelisz Kunst (1493–1544)
 * Lucas Cornelisz Kunst (1495–1552)
 * Bob Kunst (born 1941), American human and civil rights activist
 * Dave Kunst (born 1939), American who was the first person to officially walk around the Earth.
 * Fritz Kunst (1899–1979), German politician
 * Gustav Kunst (1836-1905), German (Hamburg) merchant
 * Jaap Kunst (1891–1960), Dutch ethnomusicologist
 * Jorrit Kunst (born 1989), Dutch footballer
 * Kenny Kunst (born 1986), Curaçaoan footballer
 * (born 1966), Dutch writer
 * Renae Kunst, Australian rugby player
 * Sabine Kunst (born 1954), German University President and politician
 * Wilhelm Kunst (actor) (1799–1859), German actor
 * Wilhelm Kunst (1909–1986), German sculptor